MAN IN CAMO
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2020, Documentary (81 min)
Man in Camo takes a close look at the life of visual artist, writer and filmmaker Ethan Minsker and his drive to create and crusade the making of art. Through the lens of old photographs and films, Minsker leads viewers on a journey through the hurdles that once held him back, from dyslexia to the violence of 1980s Washington D.C. It was these hurdles that forged his love of film and art, and his work now spans across three decades. Man In Camo brings forth not just the love of art, but the reasons for making it in the first place.
SELF MEDICATED: A FILM ABOUT ART
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2015, Art Documentary (93 min)
Whether you are a successful artist or struggling to create while working a 9–5, there is a common thread among most creative types: a depression that is kept at bay by producing new works. Art can serve an artist much in the same way any drug might. Self Medicated is a film about art, artists, and their struggles to stay happy. The Antagonist Movement was formed by a group of unknown artists in 2000. Begun in bars and clubs of the Lower East Side, the movement promoted lesser-known works by up-and-coming talent.
THE DOLLS OF LISBON
2012, Art Documentary (71 min)
Channeling the Mexican Zapatista movement, The Dolls of Lisbon featured artists from The United States, Ecuador, Portugal, and fellow Antagonist artists in Europe. This documentary focuses on the labors of the artist, begging the question, “If you knew being an artist would be this much of a struggle, would you still have taken this path?” Additionally, the film includes a unique soundtrack of underground musicians and an innovative use of Super 8 film and stop motion animation.
ANYTHING BOYS CAN DO
1996, Music Documentary (71 min)
The underground music world has been characteristically male dominated by both the bands and the audiences. With the upsurge of women’s involvement in the scene, female bands and musicians are all too often regarded as novelty acts, regularly shrugged off as militant feminist or cutely entertaining. Overwhelmed by the numbers of male bands, female bands of the scene are lumped together in one category, "girl group," regardless of style, talent, or musical content. Anything Boys Can Do investigates and reveals the issues affecting women in general and as individual performers. Featuring: Tribe 8, Sexpod, Thrust, The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black, Vitapup, The Wives, Maul Girls, and many more.
THE SOFT HUSTLE
2003, Feature (71 min)
The story of a Lower East Side lowlife who makes a bet for $1,000, which he promptly loses. After getting kicked out of his girlfriend’s apartment, he finds himself going home with cheap bar flies, robbing East Village stores, and pathetically pretending he is gay just to have a place to sleep. The film took more than four years to complete, and includes cameos from punk rock legends Jesse Malin, Steve Bonge, Handsome Dick Manitoba, Howie Pyro, Sergio Vega, Paul Bearer, and Max Huber.
This Is Berlin Not New York.
An inspiring look at New York underground artists making art and friends on the other side of the world. In 2007, ten New York-based artists traveled to Berlin for ten days with one purpose: to experience life artfully. They put on an exhibition in a local gallery, displayed artworks on the street, transformed an abandoned building into an original work of art, and connected with Berlin artists. In this film. Arturo Vega (artistic director for the Ramones), Ted Riederer (exhibited at PS 1 Contemporary Art Center), Ethan H. Minsker (founding member of the Antagonist Art Movement), Richard Allen, Brett Farkas, James Rubio, Un Lee, and Crispy T. Screenplay By:Ethan H. Minsker Directed By:Ethan H. Minsker Produced By:Antagonist Movement. “Original musical scores and animated artwork definitely enhance this provocative examination of western contemporary art and the ongoing tension between commercialism and creativity for its own sake.” - Juxtapoz Art & Culture Magazine
2012